When it comes to his preferred sports teams, President Obama tends to be pretty stern. But Bryce Harper’s sensational debut is making even a longtime White Sox fan like Obama into a Nationals fan.
The General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s office space, had a shakeup at the top after it was revealed the agency spent $822,000 on a lavish Las Vegas conference.
After months of out-of-the-ring sparring over the result of their last bout, D.C. native Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan will battle it out again on May 19 in Las Vegas.
The District government’s trip to Vegas for this year’s International Council of Shopping Centers annual conference is in the books — but the city’s leaders aren’t holding to the overplayed maxim regarding what happens there. The Post’s Jonathan O’Connell has the big scoop this morning: Mayor Vince Gray informed representatives from Walmart during the conference that if they won’t build an anchor store at the long-vacant Skyland Town Center, they can forget about building the other four stores they’ve planned inside the District.
It’s really true. Accused White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi have agreed to do a paid personal appearance at the Las Vegas nightclub Pure next week, as Reliable Source first reported early this morning. This is the same way talentless “celebrities” like Paris Hilton or Heidi and Spencer make extra cash. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect confirmation of exactly the sort of people the Salahis are. Though in fairness, it’s even harder…
The Modesto Bee, the hometown newspaper of Chandra Levy, has reported that criminal justice students at Bauder College in Atlanta will be opening their own investigation into the 2001 murder of Levy, which remains unsolved. Bauder offers students credit within its Cold Case Investigative Research Institute for combing through unsolved cases. Students at the school will also investigate the disappearance three years ago of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Previous students researched the 1996…
Reuters has a video up of a performance outside the White House yesterday by a Dutch magician called Ramana, in which he appears to levitate. Ramana apparently trained at something called the Academy of Magical Sciences in India, but sources tell us he had to drop out during his senior year to go on a long, circuitous trip with his two best friends in search of an evil nemesis. Now that David Copperfield has…
Sorry for the bad video, but it’s the only shareable footage we’ve found so far of the season finale of Hell’s Kitchen from last night, which featured chef Rahman “Rock” Harper, Executive Chef at B. Smith’s in Union Station, winning the whole shebang. My oh my, is that some overly dramatic reality game show outcome production — they have to try to open a door to see if it’s locked or not? Sheesh. Rock…
The Post brings news today of a new study study by the Corporation for National and Community Service — the federal agency that administers volunteer programs such as AmeriCorps — that gives a first meaningful look at volunteering rates in U.S. cities since the Census Bureau began gathering this sort of data in 2002. Overall, the Washington metro area ranked 15th in the nation for volunteering and community service work, though that figure doesn’t tell…
>> “Man, if I am ever refused service at a publicly funded institution for wearing a political shirt, I am leaving that fucking place in handcuffs. Someone gets their rights trampled on and she responds with a vegan cake? That is so fucking weak. Grow a pair.” [why.i.hate.dc] >> “If you’ve always wanted one of Sen. John Edwards’ $400 haircuts, now’s your chance. Duvall’s Hair Co., in McPherson Square, put a sign outside its…
